Ask HN: What is the best framework for someone who doesn't know JavaScript?

3 points by gorenb 3y ago ↗ HN

What's a good front-end framework for someone fluent in Python yet who knows nothing about JavaScript? I don't really know what to choose here.

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dylanhassinger 3y ago ↗

Next.js

GianFabien 3y ago ↗

I have been programming mostly in Python for several years. Modern JS has classes, async, await, etc - it has a lot in common with Python semantically. Of course, the syntax is different, but I got over that speed hump quickly.

Many years ago I did try CoffeeScript, but I found that debugging still requried JS coding, so I gave up on it. Perhaps it is a better option these days.

tamimio 3y ago ↗

Learn svelte, the closest to vanilla, fast performance, you get sveltekit too.

ale_jacques 3y ago ↗

If you don't want to learn JS but want to build something that feels like an SPA, you could try something like https://htmx.org or https://unpoly.com.

If learning JS is your goal, maybe Svelte as tamimio mentioned.

I'm a fan of https://unpoly.com.